Sweet and Low-Down

Sweet and Low-Down (1944)

Hot on every note!

After their annual free concert at Chicago's Dearborn Settlement, Benny Goodman and his band are packing up to go to their next engagement when a kid steals Goodman's clarinet. Goodman and Popsie pursue him to a tenement flat where he has led them to hear his brother play the trombone. Shenanigans ensue following Goodman's offering the brother a job with the band.

Date of release
1944-09-21
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 16m
Genres
Music, Romance
Director
Archie Mayo

Casting

Interesting facts

Sweet and Low-Down is a 1944 musical film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Benny Goodman and Linda Darnell. The film was a fictionalized version of life with Goodman, his band, and their manager while entertaining at military camps. The song "I'm Making Believe" was nominated for an Academy Award.

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